The weirdest thing about our activity in the kitchen is that we do things the way we have been taught or the way we assume it should be done by default. We never stop to think that there could be an alternate and convenient way simply because we don’t know or we don’t have time to learn such things we don’t consider important. If you learn to look at things from a different perspective, you’ll understand how easy life in the kitchen could be. Just take some time out to read these universal kitchen tricks to make cooking and kitchen activity a lot easier.
A classic mistake is to add extra salt in soup all because during the initial phase, soup won’t give oyu the taste of salt in it. Dip a piece of cheesecloth filled with a small amount of grain into the pot and boil the soup. The cheesecloth absorbs the excess salt. Another way is to dip a tablespoon with a sugar cube into the soup pan. When the sugar starts to melt, remove the spoon and repeat the procedure with another cube.
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Before you serve a hot dish, heat the plates first and before you serve a cold dish, cool your plates. Doing this will preserve the taste and freshness of the dishes and will also be a hit with your guests.
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Rather than spend money of fancy kitchen accessories, the best way to separate egg yolks form the white is to use an ordinary plastic bottle. Crack the egg into a bowl or plate. Now lightly squeeze the bottle and place the mouth over the yolk. Release the squeeze on the bottle.
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Don’t add cold milk to mashed potatoes because it will turn it gray. If you want really nice mashed potatoes add boiling milk. You’ll notice the difference.
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One of the coolest and really brilliant kitchen tricks to make some real cool and delicious seasoning. Chop greens, mix them with olive oil and put them in ice molds. Similarly you can also make delicious flavored ice with lemon and orange slices or mint leaves and berries to flavor your cocktails or iced teas.
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Coffee and milk ice cubes are a great way to cool your summer evenings with your favourite latte. To make them just chill milk and make coffee separately. Place in the moulds. When the milk freezes, pour in the coffee and make another layer if you wish but that depends on the depth of the mould.
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Don’t throw away bread that you feel may be going stale. You can use it t prepare a dish such as cheese-bread that will be a snack for the whole family. All you need to do is take bread, cheese, chopped onions, chopped garlic and ground pepper. Cut the bread as you see in the image. Don’t cut the bottom layer. Now spread the cheese and onion with the pepper in between the bread incisions. Wrap in foil and bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes. When it expands bake it an additional 10 minutes. You can even add your own seasoning.
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To give a cold pizza its fresh flavor and taste, you need to heat it in a frying pan instead of a microwave. This is because a microwave will heat it using the moisture or liquid juices present in the pizza and its ingredients giving it a dry stale taste.
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Sprinkle apple cider vinegar on avocados and store them with sliced onions after cutting them. This will prevent them from browning. Similarly sliced apples too can be prevented from browning by soaking them in water with some white or apple cider vinegar.
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Among smart kitchen tricks is using a knife for cutting most items. In most cases you might have experienced how knife handles tend to slip when trying to cut various items, to ensure a knife can be used of everything, just fasten several rubber bands along the entire length of the handle.
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